Item Summary

An account by al-Rawwās of his travels, visions, and association with the Rifāʻīyah, along with numerous poems.

Descriptive Information

Title
هذا كتاب بوارق الحقائق / السيد بهاء الدين محمد مهدى الرواس ابن السيد على ابن السيد نور الدين الرديني الرفاعى الحسيني.
Transliterated Title
Hādhā kitāb bawāriq al-ḥaqāʼiq / al-sayyid Bahāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad Mahdī al-Rawwās Ibn al-sayyid ʻAlī Ibn al-sayyid Nūr al-Dīn al-Radīnī al-Rifāʻī al-Ḥusaynī.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 826Y
Identifier
ark:/88435/9w032833r
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1800-1899
Extent
224 leaves : paper ; 204 x 150 (155 x 103) mm bound to 208 x 160 mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Brockelmann, GAL, II, 780
Mach, R. Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts (Yahuda Section), 4481
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. 1a).
A few marginal notes. Bookseller's labels on upper and lower pastedown: "ELS No. 826". Romanized title in pencil on upper flyleaf.
Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 224 + i ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 17 lines per page in one or two columns.
Description: Rubricated ; overlining in red ; MS in good condition.
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله اتم الحمد واكمله ... اما بعد فالعبد محمد مهدى ابن على ... الرفاعى غفر الله له ولوالديه وللمسلمين يقول هذه كلمات انشقت عنها ستور اسرار اراد الله اظهارها ...
Colophon: واسلك اثر الرسول مصابرا لتكون تحت لوائه المحمود
Binding Note
Type II (with flap) binding in brown leather with gold-stamped mandorla with pendants and gold-tooled edging on covers. Similar decoration on flap. Multi-colored endbands. Yellow paper pastedowns and endpapers.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
230

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
Holding location
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IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/93a16229-f06f-457c-b7d8-8b5e602b8904/manifest